Australian international human rights consultant, Chris Sidoti presented the ACI webinar for October 2024 on the human rights situation in Palestine.
Chris, who previously worked for the Australian Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace, will share his experience working with the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel.
Biographical details
Chris Sidoti is an international human rights consultant, specialising in the international human rights system and in national human rights institutions who, since 2000, has provided consultancy services on human rights law and practices to the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, UNDP, UNICEF, the Asia Pacific Forum of National Human Rights Institutions and several national human rights institutions.
He was director of the International Service for Human Rights (ISHR; 2003-2007), served as Australian Human Rights Commissioner (1995-2000), Australian Law Reform Commissioner (1992-1995) and Foundation Director of the Australian Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (1987-1992).
From 1999 to 2013 he was principal facilitator and interlocutor in a human rights initiative between the Government of Australia and the Government of Myanmar. He is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Western Sydney, Griffith University (Queensland), University of the Sunshine Coast (Queensland) and the Australian Catholic University.
Prior to that, Chris worked for the Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace of the Australian Catholic Church and was involved in student affairs while at university.
